Fr. Joe Dailey

Send us Fan Mail The sculptor imposes nothing, but only frees what is held captive in stone. Discipleship is something like this. It does not work by means of addition or acquisition, but by release, of prying loose, of letting go of the need to have our life circumstances be a certain way in order for us to live, or pray, or be deeply happy.  frjoedailey@gmail.com I have the 7:30/9:30 am Masses @...

Send us Fan Mail Rather than seeking the best place, Jesus asks us to turn the table and begin with those who don’t even have a place at the table. When we start from the bottom, everyone is included, all the way up. I have Mass @ St. Isidore 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In Hebrew, the word for Egypt is Mitzrayim , which literally means a very narrow place.  To come out of Egypt, the Children of Israel had to pass through a narrow, difficult way. God meets us in the narrow places and leads us out into the land of promise. I have the 7:30/9:30 am Masses at St. Isidore on August 21. the 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed: https://stisidore.church/worship...

Send us Fan Mail Luke is connecting the baptism of Jesus, when the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, like a dove; and his death on the cross, when Jesus gives his Spirit. I have the 9:30 / 11:30 am Masses at St. Isidore on August 14. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail "The difference between a labyrinth and a maze is that a labyrinth has no dead ends.  No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new.” Rachel Held Evans I have Mass at St. Isidore on August 7 @ 7:30 and 9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass will be live streamed: https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail A voice from the crowd asks Jesus to mediate in a family inheritance dispute. While Jesus is teaching us how to give our lives away, this man wants to make sure he doesn’t lose anything. I have Mass on Sunday, July 31: @ St. Isidore, 9:30/11:30 am @ St. Andrew, 5:00 pm link to HOPE:FORWARD video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VssQtdXWqSs frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Abraham bargained with God to save the city for the sake of a few righteous ones. Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism, expanded the idea: “The world must contain not less than 36 righteous individuals in each generation for whom God preserves the world." I will be away this weekend. On July 31 I have Mass  @ St. Isidore 9:30/11:30 St. Andrew 5 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail James Alison suggests that Jesus’ comment to Martha is probably a pun, which does not translate well from the original language. Alison imagines Jesus saying: "Martha, Martha, You want Mary to help you with the serving, But I just want to serve you." frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The two sisters are focused in different ways on single-hearted devotion to the Christ. Jesus is the center of attention of Martha's hospitality and the center of Mary's as DISCIPLE , one who is being taught.  I have 7:30/9:30 am Mass @ St. Isidore on July 17  frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The Samaritan is the despised one who puts himself at risk in coming to the aid of the wounded man. Jesus is already doing likewise.  Like the Suffering Servant of Isaiah, Jesus will be despised; nevertheless, he heals the sick, sacrificing himself to save sinners. Jesus is the embodiment of the person that he calls us to be. I have Mass on July 10 @ St. Isidore 9:30/11:30 am frjo...

Send us Fan Mail We are all connected to those 72 disciples who were sent out to proclaim the Good News, just like the 12 before them. Someone heard it and believed; and they told another, who told another, and another, and one of those was someone we know. I am presiding at the 7:30 and 9:30 am Mass on July 3 @ St. Isidore the 7:30 am Mass is live streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online...

Send us Fan Mail The journey to Jerusalem is a new exodus. Jesus, the preacher and teacher, is opening the scriptures for us. I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, June 26 @ 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail “The joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially those who are poor or afflicted in any way, are the joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well. 2nd Vatican Council I have Mass June 19th at St. Isidore, 7:30 am / 9:30 am. The 7:30 Mass will be live streamed https://stisidore.church/video_post/solemnity-of-the-most-holy-...

Send us Fan Mail The trinity isn’t really defined until about the fourth century. It’s like discovering something that has been hiding within revelation. As Jesus says in the Gospel: “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will GUIDE you to all truth.” frjoedailey@gmail.com I have the 9:30/11:30 AM Mass @ St. Isidore on June 12

Send us Fan Mail The language spoken between Jesus and the Father is an intimate language of love. This is a language of the heart; the language spoken at home. When we keep the word of Jesus, God will make a home in us.  We become the dwelling place of God in the world. I have Mass  June 5th: @ St. Isidore, 7:30 am and 9:30 am. @ St. Andrew, 5 pm. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail We no longer look to the sky, as if heaven and earth are separate. God’s desire and inten­tion is to unite the two, to bring about a new heav­en and a new earth.  I am not presiding at Mass this weekend. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Jesus’ answer does not respond to the question, “How is it you will reveal yourself TO us,” but “how he will reveal himself IN us.” We are becoming the Body of Christ. I have the 7:30 am Mass @ St. Isidore on May 22.  live stream: https://stisidore.church/video_post/sixth-sunday-of-easter-3/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Notice, Jesus forgot to mention God. He didn’t say “Love God” and “Love your neighbor.” The new commandment is: “Love another just as I have loved you.” On May 15 I have the 9:30/11:30 am Masses @ St. Isidore the 5 pm Mass @ St. Andrew Frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail in our reading from the book of Revelation, the worshipers are praising “the Lamb at the center of the throne.”  "They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." I will be in Logansport for Mother's Day. I will be at St. Isadore on May 15, 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

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Send us Fan Mail There is no beginning to create this new story and forge this new identity, except starting from how I was brought to the end of myself.  "Sifted like wheat," my heart, formed by the deceits and violences of this world, had to be broken open.  I have the Sunday, May 1st, 5 pm Mass at St. Andrew. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The risen Christ that the disciples encounter is simultaneously dead and alive. The risen Lord is thus always the crucified-and-risen Lord.  I have Mass @ St. Pio in Roseville, Saturday April 23, 4 pm. St. Isidore in Macomb, Sunday April 24, 7:30 and 9:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

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Send us Fan Mail "Even so, the glory of God sleeps everywhere, ready to blaze out unexpectedly in created things, Even so, his peace and his order lie hidden in the world, even the world of today, ready to reestablish themselves in his way, in his own good time." (Thomas Merton) I have Mass at St. Isidore at 7:30 am and 9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass will be live streamed. https://stisidore.c...

Send us Fan Mail A few verses after tonight’s Gospel passage, Jesus quotes Psalm 41: “Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heal against me.” I am presiding at the 7 pm  Holy Thursday Mass at St. Isidore Here is the live stream link: https://stisidore.church/video_post/holy-thursday-evening-mass-of-the-lords-supper/ frjoedailey@gmail.com